This is an analysis of the poem With Kit, Age 7, At The Beach that begins with:

We would climb the highest dune,
from there to gaze and come down:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXb bbac XcXc XXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 0101111 0101010 1010011 11111 11001 11111 11011001 101101 111111 11110110 111111 1111110 0101 11111011 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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  • summary of With Kit, Age 7, At The Beach;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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